Carol Cooke AM, a three-time Paralympic gold medallist, arrived in Tokyo as the athlete to beat. For Cooke, Tokyo turned out to be a Games like no other, for many different reasons.
Paralympic Games
VIS Award of Excellence 2021 cancelled
It is with great disappointment that we have taken the decision to cancel the 2021 Award of Excellence incorporating our 30th Anniversary celebration.
World And Paralympic Champions Feature Among Tokyo-Bound Para-Cyclists
International success before the pandemic and exceptional flexibility throughout it has Australia’s 12-person Para-cycling squad well placed to convert their immense potential when the Tokyo Paralympics begins in little over six weeks. Victorian Institute of Sport scholarship holders, Alistair Donohoe, Carol Cooke, Emily Petricola and Stuart Tripp have all been included.
31 Victorian Institute of Sport athletes selected for the Tokyo Paralympics
Given the obstacles that our Victorian Institute of Sport athletes have had to overcome simply to get to the starting line, the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games are deserving of your attention for reasons far outweighing the simple desire of watching them go for gold.